Mike Houlahan

Rising levels of virus detected in wastewater

Rising levels of virus detected in wastewater

New officially-reported regional southern Covid-19 cases have remained relatively steady in the past fortnight, but health officials are watching rising levels of the disease showing up in...

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Port doing well, despite challenges

The Port Otago pilot launch Aramoana follows container ship Oluf Maersk to retrieve the pilot off...

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Port doing well, despite challenges

Port Otago says its books are in excellent shape and poised to look even better after cruise ships return to the province.

Mental health respite centre opens

Mental health respite centre opens

A Dunedin mental health respite centre which opened yesterday is the first in a series of initiatives planned to improve southern mental health services.

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Hospital architect looks to the future

Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Southern programme director Bridget Dickson and new Dunedin...

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Hospital architect looks to the future

When he looks across Cumberland St, sometimes new Dunedin hospital architect Darryl Haines can only see a series of metal piles ... but at other times he can envisage what the building he has drawn will look like in reality.

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ICU still a year from completion

A bed space in the completed stage 1 of the ICU upgrade. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

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ICU still a year from completion

Work is under way remedying ventilation issues which have dogged the new intensive care unit at Dunedin Hospital, but it will be at least another year before the much-delayed ward is open for patients.

Clearing the air: ICU a mammoth undertaking

The incomplete nurses station in stage 2 of the Dunedin Hospital intensive care unit upgrade, a...

Clearing the air: ICU a mammoth undertaking

Three years after it was meant to open to receive patients, the second stage of the new intensive care unit at Dunedin Hospital remains a building site.

Stories of perinatal depression

Blue Stories project representative Lisa Allan with one of a series of posters created to raise...

Stories of perinatal depression

Post-natal depression is a well-understood phenomenon but perinatal depression, covering the period from learning you are pregnant and up to and including until a year after giving birth, is less so.

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Concern over rising cancer treatment waiting lists

Onocology Department at the Dunedin Hospital. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Concern over rising cancer treatment waiting lists

Rising southern cancer waiting lists are concerning Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand.

Lessons learned, says Te Whatu Ora

Lessons learned, says Te Whatu Ora

The foundation of the Health and Disability Commissioner system is that clinicians and healthcare providers learn from their mistakes.

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More trials for SDHB over woman's death

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More trials for SDHB over woman's death

The former Southern District Health Board is to face further legal proceedings after the death of a woman in Dunedin Hospital in 2019.

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Regulations around animal welfare matter

Animal Law Association member and University of Otago law lecturer Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere...

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Regulations around animal welfare matter

All of Parliament’s select committees are created equal, but some select committees are more equal than others.

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Aim for healing on long walk

The Henwood family (from left) Briar (12), Tania, Nikita (9), Jason and their dog Billy. PHOTO:...

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Aim for healing on long walk

A Dunedin family is about to walk the length of New Zealand for a special cause and for a heartfelt reason. Health reporter Mike Houlahan reports.

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Covid impact still felt on surgery waiting times

Despite multiple assessments Mrs A's cancer went undiagnosed for months. Photo: Getty Images

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Covid impact still felt on surgery waiting times

Covid-19 has been largely blamed for a substantial rise in the number of southern patients waiting longer than recommended for cardiothoracic and cardiology surgery.

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Cancer treatment times on the rise in South

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Cancer treatment times on the rise in South

Southern cancer treatment waiting times have started to creep up again, to the dismay of the Cancer Society.

Claims of more capacity cuts at new hospital

Claims of more capacity cuts at new hospital

The new Dunedin hospital could have 58 fewer beds and two fewer operating theatres because of budget pressures, National Dunedin list MP Michael Woodhouse claimed yesterday.

Minister to be consulted over any hospital changes

Health Minister Andrew Little says he will be consulted before any changes are made to the size and scope of the new Dunedin hospital project.

Bill on biosecurity penalties moving forward

Jacqui Dean, usually in the Speaker’s chair, takes a rare call in the debating chamber. Photo:...

Bill on biosecurity penalties moving forward

If all goes according to plan — and this is Parliament so nothing is guaranteed — next week Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean has what will likely be her last chance to legislate.

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Pay claims put pressure on rural hospitals

The 20 DHBs serve a population of 4.8 million, compared to New South Wales in Australia which has...

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Pay claims put pressure on rural hospitals

Southern rural hospitals are concerned their unusual status means they may have a precarious future as the Government settles outstanding pay claims.

Back to normal life as Covid restrictions end

Life in New Zealand has returned to something approaching normality today as most Covid-19 public health measures came to an end.

NZ marks accession of King, mulls public holiday for Queen

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks on the steps of Parliament during the earlier proclamation...

NZ marks accession of King, mulls public holiday for Queen

Cabinet will today consider whether to follow other Commonwealth countries and the United Kingdom and decree a one-off public holiday in memory of Queen Elizabeth.

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